English
curvate
Curvate comes from Middle English (y)curvat(e) ‘bent’, from Latin curvātus ‘curved’, and ultimately from curvus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvus‘bent, crooked, curved’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvō‘to curve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvātus‘curved’perfect passive participle of curvō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500(y)curvat(e)‘bent’
- Englishtodaycurvate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvus‘bent, crooked, curved’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvō‘to curve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvātus‘curved’perfect passive participle of curvō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500(y)curvat(e)‘bent’
- Englishtodaycurvate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
short, across, share, card, cross, cancer, screen, score, shirt, circle, crucial, circuit, scare, skirt, scar, circus, scrutiny, shrine, carnival, circulation, crest, cancellation, circa, corona, shear, scorpion, shred, carnage, incarceration, raffle, carcinoma, corolla, scorn, shrewd, crux, shard, carnal, cirque, riddance, crepe, 116 more
through Proto-Italic *korwos
through Latin curvus ‘bent, crooked, curved’
through Latin curvō ‘to curve’
Today it means
adj bent in a regular form ; curved.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin curvus / curvate